Exhibit Designer salary
What a exhibit designer actually earns, from 81 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
What the number means
An exhibit designer earns a blended US median near 74,543 dollars, with the typical middle running from 57,627 dollars to 114,898 dollars. The official OEWS median is 66,280 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 21 percent since 2019. Demand is rated moderate, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is creative director, at 14 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $78,320
- Marylandmedian $78,200
- Illinoismedian $71,340
- Iowamedian $48,150
- Oklahomamedian $46,280
- Utahmedian $35,230
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Quick answers
How much does an exhibit designer make?
The blended US median is about 74,543 dollars, with a typical range from 57,627 dollars to 114,898 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 66,280 dollars.
Is exhibit designer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an exhibit designer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is creative director, at 14 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 27-1027. Live corpus 81 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.